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AMD Athlon X4 750K Processor

MSI FM2-A75MA-E35 Motherboard

EVGA GTX 650 Ti Graphics Card

4GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 RAM

500GB Western Digital Caviar Blue Hard Drive

NZXT Source 210 Case

430W Corsair CX430 Power Supply
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Intel Core i3-3220 CPU

MSI B75MA-P45 Motherboard

EVGA GTX 650 Ti Graphics Card

4GB Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz RAM

500GB Western Digital Caviar Blue Hard Drive

430W Corsair CX430 Power Supply

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The only difference between the builds are the CPU's and mobo's. Which would be better for games like BF3, Metro, FC3, ARMA?
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If you can afford an i3, you can afford an FX 6300 which is a better option than both. For your board, I'd suggest the Gigabyte GA-78MLT-USB3 because it has a great power delivery and it's cheap. AM3+ is a better socket to have than FM2 or 1155.


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r00t wrote If you can afford an i3, you can afford an FX 6300 which is a better option than both. For your board, I'd suggest the Gigabyte GA-78MLT-USB3 because it has a great power deliver and it's cheap. AM3+ is a better socket to have than FM2 or 1155.

So using the FX 6300 with with this build will work? I eventually plan to get a better gpu.
Also can you provide a link to this mobo on amazon?
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Yes, all you need is an AM3+ motherboard like the one I mentioned. You may want to go for 8GB of memory to save yourself the trouble of upgrading. It's not expensive and there's no need for a fancy kit. You can almost certainly get an equivalent kit from a company other than Corsair for less.
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you should always start with making sure you have the best pc set up, graphics cards can waitm start of with a cheaper card and save up for a better one, if you intend to play hardcore games then I suggest a coolant system for your pc, make sure the Battery can keep up with all the components and the future graphics card upgrade, as you want to shoot for a pc that only needs small upgrades, like graphics cards,harddrives, leds, ect. Make sure to get the main components done first.


Out of your two options the second one seems better, but you can always find a better pc by just messing around on google, or building your own. Just find compatable parts and so on.
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r00t wrote Yes, all you need is an AM3+ motherboard like the one I mentioned. You may want to go for 8GB of memory to save yourself the trouble of upgrading. It's not expensive and there's no need for a fancy kit. You can almost certainly get an equivalent kit from a company other than Corsair for less.

Okay I think I found the mobo, would the G Skill be a good alternative to ram?
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r00t wrote Yes, all you need is an AM3+ motherboard like the one I mentioned. You may want to go for 8GB of memory to save yourself the trouble of upgrading. It's not expensive and there's no need for a fancy kit. You can almost certainly get an equivalent kit from a company other than Corsair for less.

Okay I think I found the mobo, would the G Skill be a good alternative to ram?

If you post a link to where you're buying I could help, but I can't recommend anything based on the company alone.
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r00t wrote Yes, all you need is an AM3+ motherboard like the one I mentioned. You may want to go for 8GB of memory to save yourself the trouble of upgrading. It's not expensive and there's no need for a fancy kit. You can almost certainly get an equivalent kit from a company other than Corsair for less.

Okay I think I found the mobo, would the G Skill be a good alternative to ram?

If you post a link to where you're buying I could help, but I can't recommend anything based on the company alone.

Either newegg or Amazon. Wherever it's cheaper.

On newegg, which one of these are specifically the mobo you suggested?

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SDR wrote you should always start with making sure you have the best pc set up, graphics cards can waitm start of with a cheaper card and save up for a better one, if you intend to play hardcore games then I suggest a coolant system for your pc, make sure the Battery can keep up with all the components and the future graphics card upgrade, as you want to shoot for a pc that only needs small upgrades, like graphics cards,harddrives, leds, ect. Make sure to get the main components done first.


Out of your two options the second one seems better, but you can always find a better pc by just messing around on google, or building your own. Just find compatable parts and so on.

I unfortunately only have a budget of around $500, max is $600, but that's pushing it.
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The "USB3" variant. Note the presence of a MOSFET heatsink.

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Assuming this works for your budget. I stepped the card up to a 650 Ti Boost because it's a lot faster than the 650 Ti for just a little more money. $20 more gets you the 970A-UD3, which will give you a few more features and an even better power delivery.

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A slightly better cooler that was the same price is now $3 more expensive, so I've got nothing else to recommend but the over-hyper Evo
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